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Scotland is to benefit from significant EU funds Investment for vital projects to tackle poverty and inequality. Councils across Scotland are set to benefit from almost £13m of funding to tackle poverty in communities across the country. The money, made up from a combination of £5m of European Social Funds (ESF) and match funding from local authorities, will be targeted to projects that combat poverty and promote equal opportunity. The First Minister made the announcement as she visited Project Search, an initiative delivered by the local authority in Renfrewshire designed…

Keith Brown calls for parliamentary consensus over single market membership. Article Source: http://news.gov.scot/news/scotland-must-remain-in-eu-single-market Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Fair Work, Keith Brown, will call for the Scottish Parliament to unanimously back Scotland’s continued membership of the EU single market at a debate in Holyrood later this week. Speaking ahead of the debate, Mr Brown said: “The people of Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain within the European Union, and it is vital that any Brexit negotiation acknowledges and respects that choice. “This is why I am asking the Scottish Parliament to…

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> news.gov.scot/news/scottish-government-will-intervene-in-article-50-legal-case RELATED LINKS: SCOT GOV WEBSITE >> www.scotland.gov.uk By Nicola Sturgeon on 08//16: First Minister confirms Lord Advocate will lead intervention. The First Minister has confirmed that the Lord Advocate will lodge a formal application to intervene in the UK Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court on the triggering of Article 50. The Lord Advocate – Scotland’s most senior law officer – will lodge the application as soon as the UK Government lodges its appeal against a High Court ruling preventing them from using the Royal Prerogative…

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37859595 RELATED LINKS: SCOT GOV WEBSITE >> www.scotland.gov.uk Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed as “hugely significant” a court ruling that parliament must vote before the UK can start the process of leaving the EU and triggering Article 50. The First minister also said the Scottish government was considering become an active participant in the case. The ruling by the High Court means the UK government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU – on its own. It is appealing…